Topic:

Accessing the law

Duration:

1 lesson

Syllabus Outcomes:

5.1 researches and assesses commercial and legal information using a variety of sources

5.10 works independently and collaboratively to meet individual and collective goals within specified timelines

Students learn about:

Accessing the law

- Time

- Cost

- Procedure

- Language

Students Learn to:

- investigate the importance of being able to access the law

- identify some of the difficulties which people have in accessing the law

Indicators of learning – By the end of this lesson students will be able to...

- list and outline four barriers that make it difficult to access the legal system

- Use case studies to illustrate these barriers

- Propose possible solutions to these issues

Assessment

- Student participation during class discussion

- Students completed table

- Student participation during group work

Lesson Plan

5 mins – Introduction and explanation of jigsaw activity

15 mins – Students research and complete individual task

15 mins – Students share knowledge

10 mins – Students individual task and lesson summary

Text Page

Pg 92 - 93

Glossary of Terms:

Define the following in your glossary of terms in the back of your workbook

- Access

- Discrimination

Introduction:

‘Access’ top the law means that all people have an equal opportunity to make use of our legal system. While equal access to the law should be a integral part to any legal system, the reality is that some people will not have equal access as a result of the cost of accessing the legal system, time issues, procedural issues or language barriers.

Group Work (jigsaw activity):

In groups of four complete the following:

Each group member is to choose one issue that limits access to the legal system (cost, time, procedure, or language) and compete the following:

1. Outline the issue and the injustices created

2. Which groups in society are most likely to be disadvantaged by this issue?

3. Find a case study in relation to the issue and create a summary of the case

4. Propose at least two solutions to overcome this particular issue

A table has been provided for you to summarise each group members information

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Use pages 92-93 of your text and the internet for research.

Once this has been completed share your work with your group so that you all have a set of notes on each barrier to accessing the law.

Individual Task:

Explain the following statement, ‘justice delayed is justice denied’. Use the examples of David Hicks case and/or the imprisonment of suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay in your response. (Response should be at least 8 lines)